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$145.00
3t5/16

Bracken Country


HUNT, SAM

FIRST EDITION, NO. 5/100. Signed by author. Octavo, light card covers, VG (light soiling to covers, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light foxing). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Glenbervie Press 1971

KEYWORDS: Sam Hunt New Zealand literature poetry poems modern first edition

$150.00
3t5/18

Year of the Dog: Poems New and Selected


TUWHARE, HONE

FIRST EDITION. Signed, inscribed & dated by author. Octavo, illus light card covers, VG (light soiling & scuffing to covers, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, bookplate to front cover verso, tanning). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: John McIndoe 1982

KEYWORDS: Hone Tuwhare New Zealand literature poetry poems modern first edition

$245.00
3t5/19

Something Nothing


TUWHARE, HONE; WHITE, ROBIN (illus.)

FIRST EDITION. Signed, inscribed & dated by author. Octavo, illus light card covers, VG (light to moderate soiling & scuffing to covers, light bruising to edges & extrems, bookplate to front cover verso, tanning). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Caveman Press 1974

KEYWORDS: Hone Tuwhare New Zealand literature poetry poems modern first edition Robin White

$110.00
3t5/20

Selected Poems


TUWHARE, HONE

Signed & inscribed by author. Octavo, illus light card covers, VG (light to moderate soiling & scuffing to covers, light bruising to edges & extrems, bookplate to front cover verso, tanning). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: John McIndoe 1980

KEYWORDS: Hone Tuwhare New Zealand literature poetry poems

$145.00
3t5/21

Come Rain Hail


TUWHARE, HONE

Fourth edition, signed, inscribed & dated by author. Lacking card cover. Octavo, stapled card, VG- (light to moderate soiling & scuffing, light bruising to edges & extrems, moderate foxing, gatherings from pp. 1-24, 3-22 & 5-20 loose). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Square One Press 1989

KEYWORDS: Hone Tuwhare New Zealand literature poetry poems

$200.00
3t5/22

Poems


DUGGAN, EILEEN

FIRST EDITION, scarce. Author's first book. Octavo, stapled light card covers, VG (moderate soiling & scuffing, moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate foxing, ). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: N.Z. Tablet Co. n/d

KEYWORDS: Eileen Duggan New Zealand literature poetry poems modern first edition

$40.00
3t5/23

Messengers in Blackface


BRUNTON, ALAN

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, stapled illus light card covers, french flaps, VG- (moderate soiling & scuffing, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate foxing, bookplate to front cover verso). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: The Amphedesma Press 1983

KEYWORDS: Alan Brunton New Zealand literature poetry poems modern first edition

$175.00
3t5/24

Sap-Wood & Milk


TUWHARE, HONE; HOTERE, RALPH (illus.)

Second edition. Octavo, illus light card covers, VG- (moderate soiling & scuffing, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light foxing, bookplate to front cover verso, pp. [i]-1, 3-16, & 17-20 loose, moderate to heavy cracking to gutters). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Caveman Press 1973

KEYWORDS: Hone Tuwhare Ralph Hotere New Zealand literature poetry poems modern first edition

$245.00
3t5/26

The Daughter of the Dawn: A Realistic Story of Maori Magic


HODDER, WILLIAM REGINALD

Third edition. Octavo, blue cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, VG- (moderate soiling & scuffing, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges & eps, cracking to front & rear hinges--bdg sl sloppy, light cracking to central &rear gutters, some foxing throughout). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Jarrold & Sons 1903

KEYWORDS: William Reginald Hodder New Zealand literature history

$90.00
3t5/27

The Gates of Hell: An Historical novel of the Present Day


V. KUHNELT-LEDDIHN, ERIK R; COLLINS, I J (transl.)

Ex-library. Octavo, black cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, top edge red, VG- (moderate soiling & scuffing, moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges & eps, light cracking to central gutters, library inscriptions, stamps & paste-ins throughout, prev ownership inscription to ht). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Sheed & Ward 1934

KEYWORDS: Erik R v Kuhnelt-Leddihn literature fiction novel

$50.00
3t5/37

The Oresteia


AESCHYLUS; FAGLES, ROBERT (transl.); STANFORD, W B (introd.)

Super octavo, black cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, VG+ (moderate soiling to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges), in d/w, VG- (light rubbing, light to moderate soiling, moderate bruising to edges & extrems with moderate chipping & tearing, tanning). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Wildwood House 1976

KEYWORDS: Aeschylus ancient Greek Greece drama literature

$40.00
3t5/40

The Blue-Eyed Tarokaja: A Donald Keene Anthology


KEENE, DONALD; RIMER, J THOMAS (ed.)

Provenance of Roy Starrs. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, black card boards, spine lettered in blue gilt, VG+ (light soiling & rubbing to boards, light bruising to edges, some soiling to pg edges), in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate rubbing, light bruising to edges & extrems). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Columbia University Press 1996

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese literature history criticism Donald Keene

$60.00
3t5/41

The Big Season


GEE, MAURICE

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, black card boards, spine lettered in white, VG+ (light to moderate soiling & rubbing to boards, light bruising to edges, moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges & eps), in d/w, VG- (moderate soiling & scuffing, moderate bruising to edges & extrems with moderate chipping, tanning & foxing). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co. 1962

KEYWORDS: Maurice Gee New Zealand literature modern first edition

$125.00
3t5/42

Return to Japan: from Pilgrimage to the West


NAGASHIMA, YOICHI (ed.)

Provenance of Roy Starrs. Super octavo, illus card boards, VG (moderate soiling & rubbing to boards, light bruising to edges). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Aarhus University Press 2001

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese literature travel writing travelling

$70.00
3t5/44

Mirror for the Moon


SAIGYO; LAFLEUR, WILLIAM R (transl.); SNYDER, GARY (forew.)

Provenance of Roy Starrs. Octavo, illus light card covers, VG (moderate soiling & scuffing to boards, bookseller sticker to front & rear cover, light to moderate bruising to edges, tanning). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: New Directions Books 1978

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese literature poetry poems 12th century

$100.00
3t4/6

Arrive at Easterwine: The Autobiography of a Ktistec Machine


LAFFERTY, R A

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims) in d/w, VG (moderate fading & tanning to spine, other general moderate tanning & soiling, minor creasing & chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: Dobson Books 1977

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels science fiction scifi R A Lafferty

$60.00
3t4/9

Numa Pompilius ; Paul et Virginie et la Chaumiere Indienne ; Elisabeth et Claire D'Albe (3 titles in 1 volume)


SAMMELBUCH

TEXT IN FRENCH, sm octavo, half leatherbound marbled boards, gilt lettering & tooling to spine, page edges speckled red, marbled eps, mixed pagination, VG- (moderat ecracking to front & rear hinges, moderate scuffing & loss to board corners, moderate scuffing & surface loss to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, ex-libris plate [historic] to front pastedown, moderate to heavy foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Leipzig 1845-1850

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH literature sammelbuch collection anthology antiquarian

$75.00
3t4/16

I Saw in My Dream


SARGESON, FRANK

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to red decoration at spine, 279pp, VG- (heavy soiling to boards, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, modern ex-libris plate to ffep) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, 2cm closed tear to head of rear cover, minor chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: John Lehmann 1949

KEYWORDS: modern first editions NZ New Zealand literature writers authors Frank Sargeson fiction novels

$150.00
3t4/17

Tregurtha Abbey, and New Zealand Tales


HINEMOA & McDONNELL, Lieut.-Colonel

Sm octavo, green stiff card wrappers, black lettering to boards, printed eps, VG- (heavy scuffing to spine, moderate loss to head & base of spine, light to moderate rubbing & bruising to extrems, heavy creasing & scuffing to fore-edge of rear board, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, ink numerals to front board & title page, modern ex-libris plate to front pastedown, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's embossed mark to title page, moderate cracking to front gutter, minor pencil markings throughout with occasional light foxing also)

PUBLISHER: A D Willis (Printer) 1898

KEYWORDS: NZ New Zealand literature Hinemoa

$50.00
xxgab228689

Sidi Reszegh, and Other Verses


McDONALD, DONALD

FIRST EDITION, super octavo hardcover (VG); Photos available on request. All our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: The Progressive Publishing Society 1944

KEYWORDS: first editions poems poetry verse literature Donald McDonald NZ New Zealand poets writers

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